BIOLOGIST

Francisco Varela

1946 - 2001

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Francisco Javier Varela García (September 7, 1946 – May 28, 2001) was a Chilean biologist, philosopher, cybernetician, and neuroscientist who, together with his mentor Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducing the concept of autopoiesis to biology, and for co-founding the Mind and Life Institute to promote dialog between science and Buddhism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Varela has received more than 407,455 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Francisco Varela is the 227th most popular biologist, the 30th most popular biography from Chile (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chilean Biologist.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Francisco Varela ranks 227 out of 1,097. Before him are Roberto de Visiani, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, H. Robert Horvitz, James Dwight Dana, Clair Cameron Patterson, and George Smith. After him are Humberto Maturana, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Michael Houghton, Charles M. Rice, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, and Ludwik Fleck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Francisco Varela ranks 157. Before him are Robert Mapplethorpe, Harold Shipman, Linda Ronstadt, Pēteris Vasks, Mohamed Abdelaziz, and Jan Kodeš. After him are Queen Saleha of Brunei, Tony Levin, Fernando Filoni, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Malcolm McLaren, and Ivan Reitman. Among people deceased in 2001, Francisco Varela ranks 63. Before him are Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen, Henry Lee Lucas, Stanley Kramer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Masao Ono, and Joseph Greenberg. After him are Vittorio Brambilla, Mirza Delibašić, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy, Nikos Sampson, and John Phillips.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Francisco Varela ranks 30 out of 321. Before him are Luis Corvalán (1916), Roberto Matta (1911), Raúl Ruiz (1941), Jorge Alessandri (1896), Alexis Sánchez (1988), and Orlando Letelier (1932). After him are Humberto Maturana (1928), Arturo Vidal (1987), Pedro Pascal (1975), Nicanor Parra (1914), Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), and Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Chile

Among biologists born in Chile, Francisco Varela ranks 2. Before him are Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901). After him are Humberto Maturana (1928), Juan Ignacio Molina (1740), and Adriana Hoffmann (1940).

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